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The isolation brought
along by the pandemic has profoundly affected our lives in a way we have not
seen before. Like our work, family, and social lives were reshaped, all the
routines we had been used to for a long time suddenly changed.
Plastic surgery has also
been severely affected by the change.
Many hospitals and
surgical centers have restricted all elective procedures, and plastic surgeries
to reconstructive ones have restricted. In many cities, practice rooms were
forced to shift their focus to all patients except emergency patients, or
in-office procedures quickly. If there was no danger of life, other procedures
had to wait.
At the same time, many
pre-agreed aesthetic operations were canceled with the fear of the virus. The
uncertainty of working conditions also caused people to reschedule their
budgets, and everything except mandatory spending began to be canceled.
But this situation did
not last very long. In a few months took restrictions off on operations,
applications began once again, and more people than ever became interested in
plastic surgery and other cosmetic procedures.
You may wonder who would
want elective surgery in the middle of a pandemic, even if COVID-19 is still
having an impact on the world, the increase in interest in plastic surgery may
seem strange.
We quickly began to
experience how the digital revolution had changed lives during the pandemic, in
our homes that had turned into offices, schools, and cafes. The business
environment, private space, and public space began to exist intertwined in our
apartments. The company's meeting room, the cafe where you meet your friends
and drink your coffee, the grocery store where you shop, or the gym where you
go have been included in the boundaries of your home. The camera setting you
made before meeting in front of your phone or computer determined how much
people could see you. And the visible part has become the main factor that
determines our entire image and our proper communication. In the past, when we
were communicating face-to-face, we focused only on the person in front of us,
and now we are constantly seeing our image and controlling our facial
expressions and gestures. To sum up, there has never been another period when
we looked in the mirror so often and for so long. As a result, we have had
plenty of time to analyze our lines, wrinkles, and more.
This led to thousands of
people seeking plastic surgery during the outbreak... The year 2020 has changed
everything, including plastic surgery trends.
Thus, interest in
procedures such as liposuction, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, face-lift
operations, and breast augmentation operations began to rise.
However, interest in
facial procedures has increased significantly thanks to Zoom and other video
chat platforms. Patients have begun to seek procedures that will renew their
image, from jaw liposuction to face-lifts, more often than ever.
Many people wonder
whether this growing interest in plastic surgery in general and facial procedures,
in particular, will continue once the pandemic is finally under control.
Although this is difficult to predict, it seems that along with our excellent
ability to adapt, our beauty search will continue with adapting to the
time.